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536378

registered interest
date	11/07/2016
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Electricity Generation: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when the application for state aid clearance for the remote Scottish islands will be submitted to the European Commission.
tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
uin	905868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2016 answer text <p>The Government will publish plans for the next Contract for Difference Allocation Round for less established technologies – planned for the end of 2016 – as soon as possible.</p><p>Following this we will work to deliver the round, including submission of any necessary notification to the European Commission.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 14/07/2016 10:51:01 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

533582

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Energy: Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 28 June 2016 to Question 41415, what assistance the Government provides for UK coal and gas producers seeking to export their fuels overseas to the (a) EU and (b) rest of the world.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	42143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2016 answer text <p>In the case of gas, UK Trade and Investment is active in helping the UK oil and gas sector do more business internationally. In addition the remit of the new Oil &amp; Gas Authority, established in 2015, is to work with government and industry to make sure that maximum economic benefit is derived from the UK’s oil and gas reserves.</p><p> </p><p>UK companies are freely able to export and import coal as part of normal market operators.</p><p> </p><p>UK demand for both coal and gas outweighs domestic supply, therefore the UK imports the vast majority of its coal needs and around half of its gas supply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 12/07/2016 16:33:40 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

533659

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Department for Energy and Climate Change: Babies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what facilities are available for (a) lactating mothers and (b) the changing of babies in her Department.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
uin	42229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2016 answer text <p>The Department’s main office at 3 Whitehall Place, London has a private room available for nursing mothers. It has a baby changing table, a specified refrigerator for storing expressed milk, a chair which has been specially designed to provide support when breastfeeding or expressing milk, as well as first aid couches for resting and privacy screens. Our office in Aberdeen also has a private room available for nursing mothers which has a chair and a specified refrigerator for storing expressed milk.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 12/07/2016 16:27:03 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

533362

registered interest
date	06/07/2016
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Energy: Imports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July 2016 to Question 41418, whether she plans to start making projections of the cost of energy imports by the UK; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	42023
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2016 answer text <p>The Department of Energy and Climate Change does not currently have plans to produce projections of the cost of energy imports by the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The government is committed to making sure consumers have secure, affordable and clean energy. Keeping the cost of energy imports low will be important in helping achieve this goal.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 12/07/2016 16:50:54 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 6575 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

533366

registered interest
date	06/07/2016
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Renewable Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate she has made of the proportion of electricity that will be produced from renewable sources in (a) 2020, (b) 2030 and (c) 2040.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	42059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2016 answer text <p>DECC has published projections of electricity generated by renewables up to 2035 as part of the 2015 Updated Energy and Emissions Projection, as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong><em>Year</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2020</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2030</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2035</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Renewables share</p></td><td><p>38%</p></td><td><p>41%</p></td><td><p>42%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: Annex J of the 2015 Updated Energy and Emissions Projections, available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/477618/Annex-j-total-electricity-gen-by-source.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/477618/Annex-j-total-electricity-gen-by-source.xls</a>. Note that these figures include a small amount of electricity generation from non-renewable wastes.</em></p><p> </p><p>Projections of the electricity mix so far into the future are subject to considerable uncertainty as they depend on uncertain factors such as the degree of cost reduction, fossil fuel prices and future government policy.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 12/07/2016 16:51:17 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 6576 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

532917

registered interest
date	05/07/2016
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Private Rented Housing: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment her Department has made of the effect that the introduction of minimum energy efficiency standards for the private rented sector will have on the number of homes in that sector which meet those standards.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	41947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2016 answer text <p>Under the <em>Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property)(England and Wales) Regulations 2015</em>, all landlords of domestic and non-domestic privately rented property in England and Wales will need to ensure that, from 1 April 2018, their properties reach at least an energy performance rating of E before granting a tenancy to new or existing tenants, unless a prescribed exemption applies.</p><p> </p><p>Based on the most recent English Housing Survey data, DECC has estimated that, as of 2015, there were approximately 330,000 domestic PRS properties in England and Wales with an energy performance rating below E. Landlords will need to ensure that energy efficiency improvements are made to these properties to raise their energy efficiency ratings to a minimum of E, unless a valid exemption applies.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 11/07/2016 09:57:12 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

532452

registered interest
date	04/07/2016
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Multiple Occupation: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that houses with multiple occupation that are let on a room-by-room basis are not exempt from minimum energy efficiency standards.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	41798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2016 answer text <p>The Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property)(England and Wales) Regulations 2015 require that, from April 2018, domestic and non-domestic private landlords ensure their properties have a minimum energy efficiency rating of E at the point at which they issue a new tenancy, or renewing or extending an existing one.</p><p> </p><p>The domestic regulations apply to all private rented dwellings which are legally required to have an EPC, and where the tenants are on assured tenancies under the Housing Act 1988, regulated tenancies under the Rent Act 1977 or certain types of agricultural tenancy. The minimum standard will apply where a building has an EPC and only part of the building is let (such as on an individual room basis) on an applicable tenancy.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is currently developing guidance documents to assist landlords in complying with their obligations under the regulations, and to support enforcement authorities in fulfilling their duties.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 07/07/2016 15:06:45 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

530679

registered interest
date	30/06/2016
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Biofuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate she has made of the number of trees that have been felled to be used as biofuel or biomass in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	41523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2016 answer text <p>In 2013/14, 4.51 million tonnes of woody biomass were used to generate electricity. 32% of this was from UK sources, 68% was imported. We do not hold data on the number of trees felled each year for use as biofuel, or the number of trees planted each year to be used as biofuel.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 41578 question first answered 05/07/2016 16:28:28 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

530680

registered interest
date	30/06/2016
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Biofuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate she has made of the number of trees that have been planted to be used in biofuel or biomass in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	41578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2016 answer text <p>In 2013/14, 4.51 million tonnes of woody biomass were used to generate electricity. 32% of this was from UK sources, 68% was imported. We do not hold data on the number of trees felled each year for use as biofuel, or the number of trees planted each year to be used as biofuel.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 41523 question first answered 05/07/2016 16:28:28 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

529817

registered interest
date	29/06/2016
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Coal: Mining
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on ensuring that the Government's policy on unabated coal is reflected adequately in the National Planning Policy Framework guidelines.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	41497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2016 answer text <p>The Energy National Policy Statements (EN1 – Overarching and EN2- Fossil Fuel Electricity Generating Infrastructure) set out the current position with respect to new unabated coal-fired generating stations. We will be launching a consultation on how we will we fulfil the Government’s commitment to phase out existing unabated coal generation shortly.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 04/07/2016 16:25:57 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner